Timeline May 2004

Events in May 2004 7

• 2004 2004 World Snooker Championship O’Sullivan Title 2 Winner: Ronnie O’Sullivan; Runner-up: Graeme Dott. Score: 18–8.
• 2004 Amy Winehouse wins an Ivor Novello Award Stronger Than Me Best contemporary song for her first single.
• 2004 EU Accession Joining the West Poland officially became a member of the European Union.
• 2004 EU expands to 25 nations Ten new countries join European Union Ten new countries including Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and the Baltic states joined the European Union on May 1, 2004, in the largest single expansion in EU history.
• 2004 Assassination of Akhmad Kadyrov Chechen president killed in a bombing at a Grozny stadium A bomb hidden beneath a VIP stand detonated during a Victory Day parade in Grozny, killing Chechnya's Moscow-backed president Akhmad Kadyrov. His son Ramzan later rose to power in the republic.
• 2004 Massachusetts legalizes same-sex marriage First US state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples Following a state Supreme Judicial Court ruling, Massachusetts began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on May 17. It was the first US state to do so, preceding a nationwide legal shift by over a decade.
• 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban #3 film of 2004 — $796m worldwide Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Harry learns a convicted murderer has escaped from prison — and may be coming for him.